We’ve been experimenting with the K-9 Mail Android email app recently, mainly because we’ve heard rumblings that it takes it a bit easier on the phone’s battery than the default Android email tool… but it’s too early for us to draw any firm conclusions on that front.

However, we were prompted to download a pretty huge and feature-packed K-9 Mail update during the week, which added loads of new innovations – including a sweet new unified inbox and the ability to totally customise the look and feel of the app, via a collection of font and colour options.

Like so:

K-9 is a slightly “hardcore” app so you’ll have to get used to it saying it’s “polling” your email account rather than simply “checking” or “downloading”, but if you’ve got lots of separate internet personalities attached to lots of separate email accounts and you want something a little more feature-filled than the stock email tool to keep track of them all, it’s ideal.

And it adds a nice signature to your emails, telling people the reason the spelling’s all shot is because you sent in on a phone. The release notes for the latest version of K-9 Mail can be found here. The app’s free to download. And we like it. It’s basically the stock app, only super-evolved.

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